The approach owes a great deal to the narrative tradition of the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
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He specialises in the history, geography and literature of the Han Dynasty and has been acknowledged internationally as a pioneer in the translation and historiography of historical material concerning the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period.
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The defining work of de Crespigny's career would have to be Generals of the South, which narrates the rise of the Sun clan and the formation of the Three Kingdoms tripartite.
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During his early years as a scholar and academic, he benefited from the guidance of sinologists such as Hans Bielenstein, Patrick Fitzgerald, Hsü Cho-yün and Miyazaki Ichisada, and developed an interest in the late Han Dynasty through the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
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De Crespigny was awarded a Centenary Medal in 2001 for services to Australian society in Asian studies.
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